Art, patterns and techniques
The heavily embroidered bird soft sculptures of Catherine Frere-Smith are breathtaking in detail. See photos of her works as they emerge at her blog.
Many thanks to Carolyn Foley of Caro-Rose-Creations for pointing out Catherine’s work.… Read More ...
Needle Work Needle Play, a group show by nine Australian embroidery artists, opens Friday, August 10, at the Brunswick Street Gallery in Fitzroy. If you can’t make it to Australia to see the exhibit (or if you can, but you’d … Read More ...
Lenora of the Textile Arts Center shares photos of some of the fiber-art sculptures of Julia Lines Wilson. Enjoy the exhibit.… Read More ...
Anita of Artistic Fingers shows how to start and end thread invisibly in shadow work. See her tutorial.… Read More ...
How many stitches do you need to know to be able to create beautiful embroidery? Evidently, only one. Chris of Ella’s Craft Creations developed this breathtaking work using only running stitch. (OK, OK, she got a little fancy with the … Read More ...
Wendi Gratz of Shiny Happy World demos a new product from her online store, Sulky’s Sticky Fabri-Solvy. Use your inkjet printer to print a design onto one of these self-adhesive stabilizer sheets. Then stick the sheet to your embroidery fabric, … Read More ...
Into Craft has posted a review of the latest book by our beloved Yvette Stanton, Portuguese Whitework. And they’re also giving away a copy of the book! Go to the Into Craft post for entry details. The contest … Read More ...
Kathy Shaw (Shawkl) responds to a reader’s question with a tutorial for avoiding or dealing with long seams in a crazy-quilt block. Check out her advice.… Read More ...
Sylvia Windhurst (Windy River Beadwork & Embroidery) has created a new series of embroidered felt brooches with realistic eyes as the focals. So awesome. Go to her blog post to see more.… Read More ...
Some running stitches and a few straight stitches take a cute fabric bag and kick it up to handmade-awesome. See three beautiful examples created by Helena Frontini.… Read More ...
Roseann Kermes of Rosebud’s Cottage shares her technique for transferring an embroidery design to heavyweight fabric. See her post.… Read More ...
A call for entries invites artists to submit work for competition or exhibit. Before you respond to a call, consider these guidelines from expert Debbie L. Williams on the Art Biz Blog.
Flowers of the Needle is available as a free download from Kathryn Goodwyn‘s Embroidery Page. Kathryn says,
… Read More ...This is a revised edition of the original of 1985, which went out of print in 1992. Years of persuasion by others
Tatting expert Jane Eborall is sharing her pattern for this sweet tatted bracelet. Go to her blog post for the link.… Read More ...
Kathy of The Unbroken Thread has been letting us look over her shoulder as she tackles a new goldwork piece. The results are amazing–I could look at this embroidery all day. Go to her blog post for lots more views… Read More ...